Date Nov 14

Monday, November 14th
Class Schedule and Notes

Goals

1. Enjoying each others' company: encouragement and synergy
2. Deepen our understanding of assigned texts through discussion and connection to experience
3. Support each other in pre-assessment and post-assessment plan development and/or reflection.
4. Create plan for rough draft assessment of final papers.

Schedule of activities

2:00 How are we doing? Energy level and emotional support check in

2:15 Review readings to generate lenses:

• How has NCLB changed the working lives of your CT and your school? (Jennings and Rentner 260)
• What kinds of teacher-training did your CT do? (Darling-Hammond 286)
• How effective has your teacher-training program been? What has been useful and what not useful? (Darling-Hammond)
• How available is the information about what teaching positions are open in the area/nation? (Darling-Hammond 269)
• Does your school serve teachers as well as students by treating them as professionals who are at the center of their own improvement? (Eisner 276)
• Does your school allow/encourage videotaping of teaching to improve practice through reflection? (Eisner 277)
• Do your students have an entitlement attitude/stance when speaking with adults or a compliant attitude/stance? (Rothstein 285)
• Do your students have adequate food and consistant housing? (Rothstein 285)
• Do your students have parents who went to college? (Rothstein 286)
• Does your school offer living wages with pay incentives to increase expertise to its teachers? (Miles 291)
• How many "support staff" does your school have? (Miles 293)

2:45 Writing Time

3:00 Discussion

3:40 Review of Final Paper Requirements - Rough Draft of 5 pages due on Nov 29th.